It’s time for the Yankees to toss out old rules
My dad has taught me many lessons in life, but he made no mistake in choosing the first bit of knowledge to impart on me:...
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College Cooking
College students have a reputation for working hard, playing hard and living off instant noodles. The former two stereotypes are generally positive — something that...
Growing Pains
Tech’s Expansion Strains Institute Resources For the first time in institute history, we have over 20,000 undergraduate students. This major milestone is due in part...
Reckoning with the chaotic presidential debate
On Tuesday night in Philadelphia, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump faced off in a debate that was a time capsule of...
Gains and shame
No matter who you are or how well you’re doing in life, there will always be something you can improve on: eating more whole foods,...
Tech must unite against gun violence
Supporting friends, families and peers The horrifyingly evil shooting that took the lives of Mason Schermerhorn, Christian Angulo, Richard Aspinwall, and Christina Irimie is...
Campus Construction
At every turn on campus, you can hear the clatter of construction. Blocked sidewalks, traffic cones and the noxious smell of asphalt assail your daily...
No taxes for teens
Our nation was founded in response to the tyrannical ways that Great Britain treated Colonial Americans, including the grievance of unjust taxation without the right...
Serving up life lessons: restaurants teach grit
To me, working in a restaurant is like acting in a play. The rhythm, the ambiance, the spectacle — the cast and crew has to...
Familiarity in new faces
I remember coming to Tech my freshman year, the only one from my small Southwest Georgia high school. Quite literally, a country girl transplanted to...
It’s time to overhaul schools’ gifted programs
For something that would go on to define so much of my life, the day our school’s gifted program started was utterly underwhelming. One day...
Where Paris failed: putting optics over athletes
As hosts of the Summer 2024 Olympic Games, Paris set the goal to hold the most environmentally friendly Olympic games, in part inspired by the...
A free speech bandemic: books get booted
Orwell, Twain and Angelou: all victims of a disturbing trend rearing its head once again in American education. It’s happening in school boards, libraries, and...
Streaming services are revitalizing, not killing cinema
For my grandparents, it’s a picture show, to my parents, the theater, and to me, just the movies. These terms reflect not just a place...
Cultural side effects of Ozempic
Ozempic has made it easier than ever to comment on people’s appearance, and it is a threat to the body inclusivity movement. The popular medication...
Paving the Wrong Path
Atlanta needs to rethink the I-285 expansion. The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) recently unveiled its plan to construct additional express lanes along I-285, ostensibly...
Outlaw Country and Beyonce: Mass Marketing Vs. Authenticity
Earlier this year, when Beyoncé released “Cowboy Carter,” she thrust the stereotypical country aesthetic into the cultural spotlight, once more selling the shallowest facets of...
Macron’s dissolution of parliament: An agent of chaos and polarization
French President Emmanuel Macron just destroyed his legacy, and the French people will seal his fate in the upcoming week. The decision is shocking in...